Tony Sanra Cowboy Silver Belt & Buckle Bougt $5 ~Sold 39.00

Vintage Tony Sanra Cowboy Rodeo German Silver Belt & Buckle Western "Foxy" imprented on the leather from the 1970s. Beautiful Rare Magnificent Buckle measures 4" wide by 3" tall. The buckle is on a super cool leather blue belt with flowers and the word "FOXY" on the back.  On the back of the buckle It says "German Silver by Tony Sanra ". On the front is a scene of a cowboy on his horse with various things in the background. Bought for $5 Sold for $39.

Tiffany and Company Earrings Bought $10.00 Sold~ $75

 

TIFFANY& Co. 925 Heavy Sterling Rare Retired Bamboo Hoop Earrings!

This was a great find at a local thrift shop. Hallmarked 1996 T & CO. 925. $65 gain! Wow!

 

 

 

Antique Guatemalan Vest Estate Find Bought $5 Sold~$39

Antique Guatemalan from Peru Embroidered by Hand Wool Vest Incredible Condition.
 Fresh from an Estate Sale in an Historic home that has been in the family for over a century. This is one of the pieces the Mrs. got on there trip to Peru. The folks are very worldly and this piece is unique and was in excellent condition. This is hand stitched old school. Beautiful embroidery on a boiled wool material that is green. There is a seperate piece of emboidery on the neck of the garment as well. the backing is a dark pink red twill material. Gorgeous!

PAIR OF ANTIQUE FRENCH CAST BRONZE LION BOOKENDS BOUGHT $10 ~ SOLD $89

Pair of  original French antique solid cast bronze lion relief bookends, 4" high, 3 7/8" wide x 2" deep (each), no visible signatures or stamps, felt bottoms. Solid cast Bronze with Warm luminous brown patina. Amazing find for $10 and even better return! Sold for $89.

 

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Scrap Metal Art Sculpture Signed Romano Bought $.25 ~Sold $25

Totally Scrap Metal Sculpture By Romano Woman with Peace Sign
Amazing art sculpture of scrap metal of a woman with a skirt holding up a peace sign with bolts for boobs. This piece is signed on the bottom Romano.
It is made of sheet metal screws, nuts, bolts, nails, wire, springs, copper & brass sheeting ect. Only $.25.

 

Ruby Red Covered Cris D'Arques Luminarc Candy Dish Mid Century. Bought $.50 Sold ~$19

Mid century modern fab Ruby Red Covered Candy Dish EGG SHAPED Cris D'Arques Luminarc. Lovely etched design in the glass and it only cost me 50 cents at a yardsale. I sold it for $19.

Antique Architectural Design Elements & Mantel Piece ~$10

I cannot wait to create a re-purpose job with these beauties! I want to create a shelf/headboard using the mantal as the shelf top and some of the other design pieces incorporated. This was one hell of a deal. Perfect crackled paint and classic designs.$5 for the Mantel Piece and $5 for all of the Architectural Design Pieces. The man I bought them from at a yardsale told me that he took these out of a historic home a long time ago in Bath, NC.

 

 

 

 

Wheaton NJ Vintage Bottles Jenny Lind Bought $2 ~Sold $35.00

I found this wonderful Vintage Bottle Collection all Wheaton NJ made! 2 Amethyst, 2 Blue Aqua, 1 Amber. The 2 purple bottles are of George Washington on one and an Eagle with the word Union and two hands shaking on the back of the other one. 2 Aqua blue bottles one reads Jenny Lind with a picture of her and a house on the back Fislerville Glass Works the second one has a pretty flower on one side and reads Glassboro 1850 on the other side. The Amber one is the George Washington identical to the purple one.

Original Victorian Children Collie Print $4 Sold~$39

Gorgeous Original Victorian Children Collie Print in Original Gilt Gesso Frame Germany Made. Beautiful children or sisters are surprised by their lovely collie while reading books and they drop their books on the floor to pet their dog. This is 100% original. The glass is original as well. Wonderful peice of art measures 22x18 inches The print says made in Germany on the lower left hand corner. Very colorful and in excellent condition considering its age. Love the romantic scenes and images of the Victorian Era!

Baccarat Crystal E. Remy Martin Decanter 1950's Bought $2 Sold~$111

BACCARAT CRYSTAL E. REMY MARTIN COGNAC LOUIS XIII DECANTER (FRANCE / CIRCA 1950'S TO 1960'S) This is gorgeous! I found this at a yardsale for $2 and I sold it twice. The first time I sold it the man said he only wanted the stopper. So I sold the stopper for $58. Then I reposted the bottle without the stopper and I scored another sale of $53. This was an awesome double sale. Wow! That is one of my best deals! A little history: Remy Martin began in 1724 in France every year they create limited edition cognac individually numbered from 1 to 786 in Baccarat dark crystal decanters. These can go up to $44,000 + Crazy!

Vintage 1960's Hospital Newborn Scale Paid $5 ~Sold $43.00

Vintage Blue 1960's 30 Pound Nursery Baby Scale: Very unique vintage nursery baby scale. Lovely patina through out. Originally used in hospitals to weigh newborns. The main body of the scale is a "retro-white" with a baby blue and white face. The needle of the scale is baby blue. Pictured on the face are two babies playing with a ball and a picture of a dog, duck, and elephant. Written on the face are the words "Weighs in Pounds by Ounces." So retro I just loved finding this jewel.

Orange Carved Bakelite Bracelet Bought $15 Sold ~$29

Another beautiful bakelite bracelet in a subtle transluecent orange heavily carved. The carving is of flowers and leaves and the bracelet is heavy to the hand yet light on the wrist and makes a unique clanking bakelite sound when paired with another bakelite bracelet. This is a one of a kind beauty!

Signed Emaus Madonna Guadalupe Art Plaque Bought $1 ~Sold $39

Signed Emaus Guadalupe Mid Century Madonna Child Plaque Handmade By Monks. Mid century modern or earlier handmade wall plaque signed "Emaus" and made by the monks of the Benedictine Monastery in Mexico. This is simply gorgeous and very modern geometric hand tooled metal that looks like sterling silver, brass or gold plate. I found this piece at a catholic church being sold at a flea market. They did not know what they had! Another great find!! A little history: The Benedictine Monastery of Our Lady of the Resurrection in Ahuacatitlán Morelos, the community of monks who once worked in the garden of the monastery, leaving the poultry and the cultivation of legumes to occupy your hands in the company we know today as WORKSHOPS Monastir (Emmaus). Fray Gabriel Chavez de la Mora OSB artisan workshop founded the monastic community who would work 12 monks and 20 trainees from outside the monastery.

Mid Century Modern Chest of Drawers and Buffet $40

I got these two pieces today for $40! I could not be more thrilled. The chest of drawers is going in the kids room and buffet is going in the living room! Unbelievable price for these two items. Could probably flip these for a few hundred dollars if not more! These are solid excellent condition pieces!

OMG! This Was Free! Mid Century Record 8 Track Player Velvet and All!

Got this today for free. Old school record player with red velvet curtains in all their glory makes me want to play Elvis, Amazing condition! Even came with 8 tracks Doobie Brothers and Barry Manalow

. A true representation of all that is lost today in music playing !!! Love this!!!! SCORE!

40's Florenza Buddha Celluloid Necklace Bought $18~Sold $39.00

1940's Florenza vintage costume necklace with celluloid plastic buddha, beads, pearl and rhinstones on a silver plated chain. Highly collectable and unique. A little history: The Florenza line of costume jewelry was fist produced by a company called the Dan Kassoff Company, which started in the 1930s and then operated under the Florenza name from 1948 to 1981. Florenza was a major player in the costume jewelry industry in New York City. Kasoff first worked in the garment industry but learned about the jewelry trade when hired by Speier Costume Jewelry Co. Kasoff worked there for ten years before going on his own. Florenza designs had a distinctive look. The stones were truly interesting and the metal work was expertly executed. The metals have an antique look to them, in gold, silver or in-between tones. The stones and metals come together in unusual, creative ways and the combination of all these elements is particularly striking. Florenza costume jewelry designs also tended to have an “old world” look and feel to them.

Dark Green Carved Bakelite Bracelet Bought $22 ~Sold $42.19

Another beautiful bakelite bracelet unique and hand carved averaging around a $20 profit. A beautiful piece of jewelry history.

Antique Carved Bakelite Bracelets Bought for $22 Sold~$41

This is one of my favorite things to collect! Here are two antique green bakelite twin bracelets heavily carved and in excellent condition. The carving looks like tree branches and leaves and are heavy to the hand yet light on the wrist making an unmistakable clanking bakelite sound when they hit together on your wrist. These are one of a kind beauties! A little history about bakelite: The name of the plastic is polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride, quite a mouth full! This was an early plastic thermosetting phenol formaldehyde resin, formed from an elimination reaction of phenol with formaldehyde, usually with a wood flour filler. It was developed in 1907 by Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland. One of the coolest things about these bracelets is if you rub them vigorously and then smell them immediately where you rubbed, it gives off a formaldahyde odor that cannot be mistaken for anything else but bakelite. Bakelite was the first completely synthetic plastic. Because of its durability and beauty, its uses were limitless. Its popularity grew very quickly, and within 15 years it had taken the world by storm. You could find everything from electrical plugs to ornate jewelry made from Bakelite. Art Deco was the period that bakelite was most popular!

Industrial Machine Age Clip On Bed Lamp Bought $4~Sold $39.00

Vintage Antique Industrial Machine Age Clip On Reading Night Bed Lamp Light found at an antique shop in Shallotte and I could not believe this piece was only $4. I grabbed her up and she was really worth $39. A little History about the machine age: The Machine Age can be mostly associated with the early 20th century – at a time just between the first and second world wars. The mass production of steel and metal for automobiles or skyscrapers was in full swing. Architecture, film, radio, and art were all taken to new and extreme levels. Basic forms for everyday home products had already been developed, but with the Machine Age, designers were able to experiment and invent new looks for products such as appliances, furniture, and electronics. What they came up with was nothing like anyone had seen before and certainly did not represent the previous Victorian period of style. Homes were soon filled with futuristic, streamlined items which led into the Art Deco style.

Heavy Cast Iron Standard Oil Truck Paid $2 Sold~$15

Cool antique cast iron standard oil truck bought at an auction for $2 and sold for $15.00. Throughout the 1870s, nearly 16 yrs prior to the 1st commercially identified farm toy was created, toy manufactures began to explore the prospects of cast iron. At the same time, tin toys were the number one of their fame, simply tin did not have a long lifespan enough for manufacturing long lasting toys; cast iron was durable and also not as costly.

Vintage Crucifix $.50 Catholic Church Sale ~Sold $26

This crucifix is in great condition and was bought from a catholic church yard sale for $.50 and sold for $26. The Corpus is 2.25 inches head to toe and under 2.25 inches hand to hand. Truly beautiful VINTAGE SOLID BRASS, PECTORAL CHRIST. Printed on the back bottom "MADE IN GERMANY".

Update Victorian 1800s Antique Autograph Album Paid $2~Sold $39

I went to an auction last week and I paid $2 for this little gem. I just sold this last night for $39. Very exciting! This is such a lovely piece of Victorian history full of sentiments of love, friendship, signatures and poems with quill pens and ink, given to Minnie by her cousin May to obtain signatures and memories from her classmates before she wed in Groveport Ohio. Beautiful penmanship and a truely fasinating read. Beautiful Victorian flower decals on most pages and it looks like most of the signatures were taken around 1883-1886. Such sweet quotes like "May your life have just enought clouds to make a beautiful sunset" by Ella from Groveport, OH "Remember me and bare in mind a truthful friend is hard to find and if you find one good and true cling to them that cling to you: by Anna from Edwards, OH. This is a one of a kind piece of history truly sought after by collectors. I will let you know the outcome of this one!

Japanese Ceramic Vase Otagiri Paid $1 ~Sold $24

Classic Japanese ceramics are sparsely decorated. In this tradition, only the front of this black flat table vase is decorated with a red hibiscus in full bloom. The polychrome colors are applied on a black background using a combination of transfers, brush and air-brush. The hibiscus stamens are all gold, and all the images are outlined in gold. This Otagiri flowered ceramic vase was made in the late 1970's - early 1980's. The bottom is clearly marked: "Camellia" in script and "© Otagiri, Japan".